Chapter 53 Benefits and Emergencies

After Chen Ming sorted out his ideas on how to make money in the future according to what Lao Wu said.

He opened the terminal and searched for the latest price of Baiyun Steel.

Chen Ming knew that there was a website dedicated to determining the prices of various commodities.

When Chen Ming worked on the mining space station before, he used this website to check the prices of various metals, and it is still the same now.

The best thing about this website is that.

The prices displayed on the website are not based on the official prices, because the prices of many commodities will fluctuate to varying degrees depending on the geographical location.

For example, Baiyun Steel, a high-grade metal that comes mostly from the mechanical race, has a different price in the marginal star field and in the prosperous star field.

And the creator of the website seems to have a relatively big relationship behind it.

The prices of most commodities in all galaxies inhabited by humans in the entire human empire are all determined based on the latest recorded transactions in the local area.

It is precisely because of this that this website is very suitable for caravans and other people who need to deal with commodities frequently.

Therefore, this website has been alive for many years.

Anyway, when Chen Ming started working, this website already existed.

Although the pirate space station is not displayed on the website, Chen Ming can confirm the approximate price of Baiyun Steel by looking at the nearby galaxies, that is, the galaxies of the military outpost.

Soon, the price trend chart of Baiyun Steel was displayed on the terminal. The curve tilted upwards showed that the price of Baiyun Steel had indeed risen.

It just confirmed what the pirate said before that the number of mechanical races had decreased.

In this case, Chen Ming was not greedy. When the time came, he would keep the parts needed to maintain the spacecraft, and the remaining Baiyun Steel could be sold.

Chen Ming also checked the price of Sky Steel. The price of this thing seemed to fluctuate a bit at the military outpost, and it was cheaper than other places.

So Chen Ming did not plan to sell Sky Steel for the time being. After all, this thing was the most core material required for the hyperspace channel system.

The technology of the hyperspace channel system has long been made public. Chen Ming can even buy the materials required for the hyperspace channel system at the space station and make it himself.

It is definitely much more cost-effective than buying the finished product directly.

Although Chen Ming is still a little unsure whether he should continue to drive the Iron Ore or find a way to change to a spaceship with a hyperspace channel system, it is always better to prepare first.

So Chen Ming continued to check the prices of several things he was interested in, and after having a general understanding, he closed the website.

"Huh? What is this?"

Just when the website was closed, Chen Ming suddenly found that there seemed to be something more on the terminal.

A program that he had never seen appeared inexplicably on the terminal interface.

Is it the one that came with the data card just now?

Chen Ming was a little confused and opened the program.

Then, an interface with various sections, like a forum, popped up.

The name Mu Shuikong was displayed in the upper right corner of the interface.

This seems to be an internal program of the Pirate Space Station.

Chen Ming clicked on several sections and took a look.

It was found that this program seemed to be a platform for people who had fake identities to communicate with each other and publish task rewards.

However, Chen Ming only took a general look at it now and did not study it carefully.

Because the horizontal elevator he was riding had stopped at this time, in front of him was the door of Space Arm No. 13.

Waves of heat were constantly pouring out from Space Arm No. 13.

Even through the protective suit, Chen Ming could feel the obvious temperature rise.

Chen Ming turned off the internal program of the Pirate Space Station, opened the previous map, and walked into Space Arm No. 13.

The program was already on the terminal and would not run, so he had to go in and see if the store that Lao Wu mentioned could buy his things as he said.

Space Arm No. 13 is similar to Space Arm No. 2, both of which are industrial areas with many factories.

However, the industrial equipment in the factories here is different from that in Space Arm No. 2.

Chen Ming had seen that Space Arm No. 2 seemed to be industrial equipment for producing weapons in conjunction with the repair factory next door, while the ones here seemed to be industrial equipment related to smelting and metals.

The space station seems to be able to form a complete industrial chain relying on these different equipment.

This is good news for Chen Ming. After all, he has decided to join the repair factory, so the space station behind the repair factory should be as perfect as possible.

Chen Ming took the elevator again.

He searched for the "Eryang Recycling" mentioned by Lao Wu on the map.

This recycling station is located in the middle of the No. 13 space arm, on the main road of the entire space arm.

In fact, in addition to this Eryang Recycling Station on the main road, there are some other scattered marked locations that can be seen on the map.

Basically, they are all places that recycle and sell ore.

But since Lao Wu mentioned this one before, Chen Ming doesn't mind going here first.

The Eryang Recycling Station is connected to a factory building, and you can directly enter the park where the factory building is located through the recycling station.

After Chen Ming confirmed that the door of the recycling station was open and that it was indeed doing business, he walked in and knocked on the door.

The owner of the recycling station heard the sound at the door and noticed Chen Ming. He smiled and said, "Welcome."

Chen Ming walked to the counter and got straight to the point and asked, "Boss, what are you collecting?"

The boss pointed to a small sign standing next to him and said, "It says that we recycle metal ores and metal ingots, as well as second-hand weapons."

"Nothing else?"

"Serious business, nothing else."

"Okay."

Chen Ming took out a small piece of Baiyun steel ingot that he had cut off before getting off the ship, put it on the table and asked, "Will you take this?"

The boss picked up the small piece of Baiyun steel, looked at it and asked, "Did you just kill the mechanical race?"

"Yes."

"How many?"

"One, 200 kilograms."

Because Chen Ming had previously modified the spaceship armor, he used up part of it, and then needed to store part of it.

That's all that can be sold.

The boss got Chen Ming's reply and immediately said, "Take it. I can give 15,000 for 1 kilogram."

After all, Baiyun Steel has a large output source, so even if it is a high-grade metal, it is still a little worse than some basic metals such as gold.

It is completely incomparable with Sky Steel, which has a market price of more than a thousand per gram.

But at least it is more expensive than silver.

If it can be sold in the prosperous star field, the price should be much higher, but Chen Ming can't go now, so basically he can only accept this price.

However, Chen Ming chose to move the slice of Baiyun Steel back and said, "Let me take a look."

The boss naturally wouldn't force a sale.

However, he took out a list and put it on the table, saying, "It's okay to take a look. In addition to recycling, I also sell various ores and smelted ingots. Are you interested?"

"Let me take a look."

Chen Ming took the boss's list and looked for materials he was interested in on it.

The manufacturing materials of the hyperspace channel system are all on it, and the price is not much different from what I found before.

The boss also said very appropriately: "If you sell things here, I can give you a 96% discount on the purchase."

Chen Ming was indeed a little tempted.

But he was still not in a hurry to make a deal directly.

There is more than one store nearby.

Shopping around is still very necessary when you are short of money.

So Chen Ming did not stay in the recycling station for long and planned to leave soon.

The boss did not regret the customer's departure and turned around to continue his own business.

But before walking out of the store, Chen Ming suddenly turned his head and said: "By the way, I was introduced by Wu Ping'an. He said that he can give you a discount if you mention his name."

The recycling store owner who had just greeted him with a smile suddenly turned black.

"He still owes me money, and he still expects me to give you other discounts?"

"That's fine."

Chen Ming continued to walk out of the recycling station, but his steps suddenly paused again.

As if he suddenly remembered something, he said, "I just bought something from Wu Ping'an. He made about 5,000 from me. He must have money now."

"Hmm?"

The boss's dark face eased a little, and he nodded and said, "I know."

Chen Ming waved his hand and left the Eryang Recycling Station.

He continued to look for several similar places to buy things on the main road of Space Arm No. 13, and compared the prices again and again.

As a result, Chen Ming found that the boss of Eryang Recycling Station was more affordable.

So he turned back to the recycling station and signed a transaction order for 200 kilograms of Baiyun Steel.

He took the two strong men sent by the boss to the dock to take away the Baiyun Steel.

Then three million imperial coins entered Chen Ming's savings card.

Chen Ming always felt a little unreal when looking at the numbers in the card. After all, the speed at which the money came was too fast.

And the purchasing power of the imperial currency is similar to that of the currency Chen Ming used before crossing.

With these three million imperial coins, if Chen Ming had no other ideas, he could actually live the rest of his life very peacefully.

But Chen Ming had it, so this money was not enough, he needed more.

Of course, Chen Ming was still very rational and knew the dangers of such huge profits.

A long-term and stable source of income was more suitable for him.

Chen Ming got the money, but he had no plans to spend it for the time being.

Although Baiyun Steel had sold it, the batch of goods was not yet available.

Chen Ming planned to wait until everything was sold and he had a rough estimate of his overall assets before starting to spend, so as not to spend too quickly and not have enough money to buy some important things.

So Chen Ming returned to the hardware store where he had made a fake identity before.

Since Eryang Recycling Station won't accept it, I can only rely on this place, and I can also ask some other questions.

The owner of the hardware store sat leisurely behind the counter, holding a terminal in his hand and watching the video.

He looks like an old man even though he is in his thirties.

Seeing Chen Ming come in, he took the initiative to greet him: "Xiao Mu, what's the matter?"

Chen Ming was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that the pseudonym he had reported before was Mu Shuikong.

He responded casually, came to the counter and asked: "Boss, can you get a better fake identity?"

The boss put down the terminal and asked: "What do you mean?"

"It's a fake identity that can be used everywhere."

"Isn't this a real identity? I can't do that, and I don't recommend you to get this kind of thing."

"Your current identity is actually very good. As long as you don't think about eating public food, basically you will have nothing in your life."

"But if you really want it, you can go to the military outpost. I can show you a way. Anyway, it's hard to say whether it can be successful or not. The expenses are real."

"And this identity is not cheap. It's more expensive than buying a ship. At least it's this number."

The boss stretched out his fist to show Chen Ming.

"One hundred?"

"One thousand."

"Forget it."

Ten million, it's not certain that he can get it, Chen Ming doesn't want to be a sucker.

Let alone whether he can get the ten million, he can't go to the military outpost alone.

Although Chen Ming already has a new identity, his face and the Iron Ore itself may be in the military database.

Going to the military outpost is no different from seeking death.

That's why Chen Ming was considering whether to change his ship.

But whether to change or not has its pros and cons, so he was a little entangled.

Forget it, let's think about it later.

I won't leave the space station in the short term, this period of time is enough for me to think about it carefully.

Chen Ming no longer thinks about anything else and focuses on the present.

But he suddenly thought of something at this time and asked: "By the way, boss, how much does it cost to get an identity here normally?"

The boss focused on the terminal in his hand at this time, and said without raising his head: "2000, plus a terminal for 3000."

"So cheap? Old Wu is a bit black."

The boss shrugged and said nothing.

Forget it, it's not a big problem, if you get cheated, you get cheated.

It would be better to say that Old Wu is actually pretty good. Although he cheated me on the price, the things he sold and what he said are still real.

I will have to find a way to join the repair shop later, and there will be plenty of opportunities to cheat back.

Chen Ming did not dwell on the issue of being cheated, and asked again: "Apart from issuing cards, is there anything else you can do here?"

"I don't do anything else myself. I am responsible for issuing cards and selling some tools. There is no need for more. It is good for retirement."

"But someone asked me to collect things for him."

Chen Ming followed the boss's words and asked: "What to collect?"

"All kinds of things."

"Do you accept cigarettes and alcohol?"

"Yes."

"Then wait for me, I'll get them."

Chen Ming turned and left the hardware store, ready to go back to the spaceship to get samples.

Space arms No. 1 and No. 2 were very close to each other. Chen Ming quickly returned to the dock and took a pack of cigarettes and a bottle of wine from the Iron Ore.

Just as Chen Ming was about to walk out of the dock gate, some strange sounds suddenly came from behind him.

Chen Ming turned his head and looked.

A damaged spaceship that could barely maintain its frame was trembling and flying into the dock.

Chen Ming frowned, and immediately walked quickly to the outside of the gate, standing at the edge of the gate and looking at the ship that could disintegrate at any time.

The spaceship was swaying towards the dock, and it was about to stabilize.

But when it was only a dozen meters away from the dock, it suddenly accelerated and crashed into the dock.

The spaceship was instantly engulfed in flames.

A piercing alarm sounded in the dock.

The impact of the explosion affected several nearby ships.

Chen Ming immediately hid outside the gate, and after the explosion ended, he poked his head out from behind the wall again.

At the location where the spaceship hit, only billowing smoke could be seen.

It was impossible to see the specific damage to the dock.

However, the casualties should not be many.

Chen Ming just saw that when the spaceship was about to approach, the people nearby basically realized that something was wrong and avoided it.

It seemed that only one unlucky guy happened to get off the boat next to him, and no one knew if he was dead or not.

Just as Chen Ming was observing the situation in the dock.

Many drones with dazzling lights suddenly flew out from under the dock, isolated the area where the spacecraft exploded, and began to put out the fire.

The alarm just now also attracted many people from other places to watch the excitement, making the dock, which was originally a little deserted, suddenly lively.

Of course, no one dared to stand too close to the ship in the dock. They all gathered near the gate to discuss the cause of the accident.

But not long after.

A fully armed team came out from the core area of ​​the space station and came to the dock with matching professional tools.

They began to recover the wreckage of the exploded ship and confirm the damage to the dock.

At the same time, they also drove away the crowd watching around.

Chen Ming was naturally driven away.

The dock was temporarily closed and could not be entered.

However, Chen Ming had heard some possible news from other people before these people came.

The ship became like this, which seems to be related to the afterglow.

This picture is not easy to disassemble, it is also 4k, and there is no more at night